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3. Increasing Momentum Expanding LEAD Partnerships

4. Purposes and Outcomes (Today and Tomorrow)  To refine our understanding of the ladder of inference so that we more powerfully create opportunities to expand LEAD partnerships  To explore an “innovation adoption cycle” so that we think more strategically about who to target for enrollment conversations  To make a personal leadership commitment so that you continue to expand and grow as a leader

5. Facilitator/Teaching Moves  15-20 minute Lecture  The majority will be an iterative activity between you, colleagues, and me  Individual time to reflect  Practice enrollment conversations

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7. CAHSEE Math Discussion Stupid and Lazy! Doesn’t Like Students Teachers Don’t Like Don’t Want to Teach Not Math Teacher Hopeless AVOID CAHSEE Math Discussion Stupid and Lazy! Frustrated Unmet need to help students HELP! Nonjudgmental Partnership Coach from Acceptance 1 Step!! This is the most powerful connection! Beliefs influence action.

8. From the organization Partners in Leadership Book: Change the Culture, Change the Game by Roger Connors and Tom Smith

9. Experience: Math homework is always on the right hand side of board and due the next day Belief: I must do math problems on the right side of board for homework Action: Solved problem for HW AMT

10. Experience: Watching LEAD teachers engage in the Common Core and LEAD Practices at LEAD institutes and seminars Belief: Teaching conceptual math increases mathematical understanding and engagement Action: Study and learn more about CC Advocate

11. Experience: A teacher who as a student only learned procedural “naked” math Belief: I understand and know how to teach procedural math Action: Teach students “naked” math IMU

12. From the organization Partners in Leadership Book: Change the Culture, Change the Game by Roger Connors and Tom Smith

13. When teams or organizations are underperforming leaders tend to make the mistake of working on the top half of the pyramid by focusing on “actions” Leaders can accelerate change and results by working with the bottom half of the pyramid when they focus on “beliefs” and “experiences.”

14. As LEADers, I want you to think of yourselves as…

15.  Step 1: What belief will support the desired action and therefore result?  Step 2: What experience will create the belief? START HERE! Then… Try to Avoid this!

16. Leadership of Self  The leader is respected for her or his own teaching and learning

17. Leadership of Others  The leader is respected for her or his interpersonal skills and commitment to leading transformation among teams of teachers, administrators, and colleagues.

18. Leadership of Community  This leader is respected for her or his influence and engagement with an expanded community of educational stakeholders

19. Leadership and Results Pyramid  Focus on Leadership of Self and Others The leaders is respected for his or her own teaching and learning The leader is respected for her or his interpersonal skills and commitment to leading transformation among teams of teachers, administrators, and colleagues.

20. Pyramid Puzzle  You will receive blue papers to paste and build your “pyramid”  Cut out all the different strips (beliefs, experiences, actions, and results)  Connect and align all the 1s, 2s, 3s. Ect. and paste your “pyramid” on a white sheet of paper

21. Experience 1 Belief 1 Action 1 The leader is respected for her or his teaching and learning Start building your pyramid with the belief first

22. Pyramid Puzzle  You are building a “system of beliefs” that together create the result  Study your pyramids. What other beliefs can you create that will produce your results? Write experiences and actions that align with the belief.  Which 3 would be more strategic for you to focus on this year?  What else do you notice?

23. Leadership of Self  What do you notice about the current “system of beliefs?” How can you improve upon them?  Add 3 - 4 more beliefs and align the belief with experience and action  Get together with another pair and share your additions. What do you notice? Themes? Insights? Questions? Comments?  Which belief(s) would best serve your school?

24. Leadership of Others  The leader is respected for her or his interpersonal skills and commitment to leading transformation among teams of teachers, administrators, and colleagues. What “system of beliefs” will create leadership of others? Identify at least 4 beliefs and write corresponding experiences and actions.

25. Leadership of Others  Compare your result pyramids with another group. What do you notice? Insights? Questions? Comments?  Go to the LEAD home page and download the example result pyramids. How are your pyramids similar or different?  What belief(s) would best serve your school?

27. Enrollment Conversations

28. In Summary  Consider that you are “Designers of Experience”  As Designers of Experience aligning experience, beliefs, and actions will accelerate achieving your desired result  Be strategic about who you enroll and why as you expand LEAD partners  Have FUN!